Full moon in Aries: Fuck me up, fam.
Mercury and Saturn are saying
I should slow my speech.
But mighty Jupiter says: Speak!
And shiver at the power of your words.
Setting up camp in the 11th house,
I leave my house to hang with friends,
to tend to the social side
I too often forget to feed.
We speak of solidarity, humanity,
what we’ve been watching on TV,
huddled down below in the basement
making each other feel whole.
And I hide my headache,
as Mars – my ruling planet in my first house – menaces me.
And I could have stayed home,
with my natal Moon in Cancer catering
to a nurturing nature.
But my fifth house is a flurry of activity,
creativity and community careening
to the top of my mind,
and if I’d failed to follow them
I would have had serious FOMO.
So full moon in Aries, fuck me up, fam.
Make me feel that mad, wild energy.
Motivate me to move forward after this stagnant summer,
long dreadful days of lingering heat,
sweat sticking to skin,
trapping me in terror and sunstroke.
Give me wanton nights
where my nocturnal side seizes on the sinking sun
and the starlight leads me to feel passion
about something.
Let the brisk chill of fall
blow against my bones
and make me move mountains
before the whistle of winter
tickles my throat, hardens my heart,
and tempts me to hibernate.
Full moon in Aries,
crest above the cool horizon
as the coyotes howl at your magnificence.
Let all the planets and stars
make sensational patterns to push me past all uncertainty
and into another new and strange tomorrow
where I continue to discover who I am.
Full moon in Aries: Fuck me up, fam.
(October 16, 2024)